Mudslides cut off access for hundreds in Calif.

The Associated Press

Posted:
08/03/2014 09:56:39 PM PDT

Updated:
08/03/2014 10:39:47 PM PDT

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An official of Forest Home Christian Conference Center in Forest Falls, Calif., inspects damage on the property following thunderstorms on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. About 1,500 residents of Oak Glen, and another 1,000 residents of Forest Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains were unable to get out because the roads were covered with mud, rock and debris, authorities said. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, David Bauman)

OAK GLEN, Calif. (AP) — Thunderstorms across Southern California on Sunday brought flash floods that led to a few rescues, while thick debris flows cut off access to two mountain towns and stranded more than 2,000 people people.

About 1,500 residents of Oak Glen, and another 1,000 residents of Forest Falls in the San Bernardino Mountains were unable to get out because the roads were covered with mud, rock and debris, authorities said.

The stranded include 500 people who had arrived at a Forest Falls campground Sunday morning.

"Our concern is that they're isolated at that campground and no longer have access out of the mountain," San Bernardino County Fire spokesman Kyle Hauducoueur said.

Authorities made reverse 911 calls to urge residents to stay put while crews clear the roads with bulldozers.

Flash floods led to the rescue of at least two people in the San Bernardino Mountains. Hauducouer said a woman in Mt. Baldy was rescued from her house before it was immersed in mud. Four additional homes in the Bear Creek area were damaged by the debris flow, he said.